It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
EDGAR ALLAN POEThat man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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It is a happiness to wonder; it is a happiness to dream.
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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.
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When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.
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Blood was its Avatar and its seal.
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The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fibre of my frame.
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Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
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The past is a pebble in my shoe.
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Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
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Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.
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I have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call it.
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Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
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The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
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